Hindi-Urdu: to express interest

While talking to a Hindi speaking collegue of mine, I asked him how you say "to express interest in" or "to have interest in" in Hindi and he said

kuch meN racii rakhnaa
कुछ में रची रखना
کچھ میں رچی رکھنا

I have transliterated what I heard to the best of my abilities friends, but since I cannot find any of रचि, रची, राचि, or राची on the dictionary I concluded that it may come from the verb racnaa (रचना/رچنا).

So the question is, is this a legitimate way of saying "to have interest in" or did I incorrectly hear what he said? Any suggestions or alternatives friends?

While talking to a Hindi speaking collegue of mine, I asked him how you say "to express interest in" or "to have interest in" in Hindi and he said

kuch meN racii rakhnaa
कुछ में रची रखना
کچھ میں رچی رکھنا

I have transliterated what I heard to the best of my abilities friends, but since I cannot find any of रचि, रची, राचि, or राची on the dictionary I concluded that it may come from the verb racnaa (रचना/رچنا).

So the question is, is this a legitimate way of saying "to have interest in" or did I incorrectly hear what he said? Any suggestions or alternatives friends?

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Hi,

It is possible that you´ve misheard him and it was रूचि ruchi (pron. ruchii)or his pronunciation was a bit different. Do check it up with him again.
It is a Hindi word which is by the way not shared by Urdu, and it is completely legitimate in Hindi.

Curious what other friends might say but I'd personally tend to say ''kisii baat/chiiz meN ruchi rakhnaa'', not ''kuchh meN''

In cities you would mostly find people using "interest" in place of ruchii. If not "interest" native speakers of Hindi would tend to lean towards ruchii although I must admit they will have to make an effort to use it. I have not come across ruchii very often during casual conversations and the word used almost always is "interest" which of course is English.

In cities you would mostly find people using "interest" in place of ruchii. If not "interest" native speakers of Hindi would tend to lean towards ruchii although I must admit they will have to make an effort to use it. I have not come across ruchii very often during casual conversations and the word used almost always is "interest" which of course is English.

Both "ruchii" and "dilchaspii" are commonly used words in Hindi (as long as the speaker isn't saying "interest"). "Ruchii" is far more common in speech than "dilchaspii" - the former also carries the nuance of a more serious interest in something as opposed to mere "dilchaspii". This is merely from a Hindi point of view.

Both "ruchii" and "dilchaspii" are commonly used words in Hindi (as long as the speaker isn't saying "interest"). "Ruchii" is far more common in speech than "dilchaspii" - the former also carries the nuance of a more serious interest in something as opposed to mere "dilchaspii". This is merely from a Hindi point of view.

Maybe it has to do with the sources. Do they ever say ruchi in movies or on TV?

I have never heard it from these mediums. As a habit, I tend not to read shuddh Hindi which is where it seems
to be most prevalent. Doing an internet search, both seem to be fairly commonly used, with ruchi slightly winning out
in print mediums (but this could be because ruchi is also a name whereas dilchaspii is not).

^ Sorry, that's "ruchi", not "ruchii"! There is of course "ruchi lenaa" - very common. "ruchi rakhnaa" is also common; on the contrary, I've never heard "ruchi karnaa" in my life.

@tonyspeed: "ruchi" is not at all "shuddh" Hindi. It's a word used a lot colloquially. If you are relying on TV soaps for your Hindi, then that's a pity, tonyspeed, for soaps' Hindi is very much skewed towards and against certain words (e.g., soaps/sensational news will use "daihashat", even though it's rarely used colloquially), and do not reflect actual spoken Hindi.

^ I presume you meant "darshanaa"? Is aNgeznaa "to get engaged" or "to engage"?

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I began to doubt after your post, but the confirmation that I have a good ear and memory is there above.
Re. aNgeznaa, none of them. Remember the Stirrer thread? fitnah-aNgez?
H انگيزناअंगेज़नाangeznā (from angez), v.t. To stir up, excite; to bear, endure, suffer, experience.

On a second thought, your hunch of darshanaa would be the intransitive, while the question was about ''showing interest'' and I found this in Platts (Prakrit), for your enjoyment:H
درسنا दरसना darasnā [fr. daras = S. दर्श], v.n. To look (at), to see; to be visible, to appear, be seen.

I think Alfaaz SaaHib will be able to tell us all if it was ever used in Urdu.